German Cruisers Reported Caught After Coal Shortage
London dispatch notes Sydney report that German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau may have been captured due to coal supply failure. No official confirmation. The ships, sister battle cruisers launched in 1906, displaced about 11,420 tons. They bombarded Papeete on September 2, causing damage and minor casualties.
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London
Sydney
New South Wales
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Scharthorst
Papeete
Tobit
Society Islands
Sheep lined coats for Allied troops reported in St Paul
In St Paul on October 31 the English and French governments ordered unlimited sheep lined coats through four major local firms via banking houses. The four firms, largest in the country, will produce about 6,000 coats weekly for Allied troops.
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St. Paul
Minn
Warning of German mine field near Irish coast issued
Washington reports an official warning from the British admiralty advising ships to stay at least 60 miles from Tory Island off the north coast of Ireland to avoid a German mine field.
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North
Irish
Washington
Ireland
Tory Island
Canada Bars Exports To Foes Of Britain
Ottawa announces a far reaching contraband of war order banning exports to countries at war with Great Britain and to neutral nations that re export materials. Prohibited items include nickel and ore woolen goods food explosives horses fodder leather coal copper petrol aeroplanes and barbed wire.
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Ottawa
Canaan
Great Britain
Deminform Cabinet
Neutra
Greece in the market for American horses
Galveston Texas October 11 several officers of the Greek army arrived here today stating they were commissioned to purchase 3 014 head of horses for use in the Greek army They will leave tomorrow for Oklahoma where they said purchases also are to be made.
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Galveston
Texas
Oklahoma
Stream of Belgi an Refugees Ends in Holland War Time Nightmares
Rozendaal Holland October 17. The flood of Belgian refugees has ended. Antwerp to Rozendaal trains slowed to hours long waits as cattle cars packed with frightened men women and children sought escape. Dutch civilians distributed milk bread and care as soldiers and porters aided evacuations. Many suffered from hunger cold and overcrowding while the sick and maimed faced harsh removal. The scene contrasts with orderly Dutch welcome and the grim reality of modern war in 1914.
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Rozendaal
Holland
Associated Press
Belsium
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Mixchen
German Navy Department
Antwerp
Kingdom of
Rozensaal
Esschen
Truteh Landwehr
North
Imates
Nispen
Uhlan
French Airmen Rain Bombs On Germans Near Tamkirk
London reports French airmen from a Tamkirk base conducted a bombing raid against a German staff headquarters near a chateau at Chemude. Six biplanes and two monoplanes dropped 240 bombs, damaging the chateau roof and masonry while Germans hid in woods. all crews returned to Dunkirk by evening.
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London
Daily Mail
France
Tamkirk
Chateau
Whateau
Dunkirk
Not Enough Hospitals to Hold the Wounded in Northern France
A Times medical correspondent reports that northern France hospitals are overwhelmed by wounded, with beds and staff insufficient. He notes the push to ship many victims to England is dangerous and urges creation of field hospitals behind the lines, experienced surgeons, and antiseptic, not aseptic, techniques.
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France
The
Times
Baulogne
England
Refugee Ship Admiral Canteaume Torpedoed by German Sub
London reports that the refugee ship Admiral Canteaume was torpedoed by a German submarine and did not strike a mine as first believed. The Bordeaux dispatch to Reuters Telegram confirms the sinking was due to torpedo attack rather than mine damage.
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London
Admiral Canteaume
Bordeaux
Reuters Telegram Company
Faces As Fair As A Summer's Day
Advert says Stuart's Calcium Wafers clear complexions in days by cleansing blood. Claims dissolve acne blackheads oil rash eczema and pimples through circulation and perspiration. Promises harmless ingredients Calcium Sulphide and free sample offer from F A Stuart Co Marshall Mich.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
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